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Overview

Skill Level: Any Skill Level

This recipe explains how to configure Softlayer to allow you to boot a native Softlayer VM from a custom ISO image file.

Ingredients

For this recipe the following prerequisites are expected:

a Softlayer account;

permission to create a Softlayer VM;

permission to create an object storage;

an ISO image file.

Step-by-step

Create a Softlayer Virtual Machine

Assuming you have access to Softlayer to request a VM, follow steps below.

Login on the Softlayer portal;

Navigate on the menu: Devices > Device List;

Click on the Order Devices link – a new page will open;

Choose one of the available options – on this case a Public or a Dedicated VM;

Finish the setup following configuration page and submit your order.

Note: VMs can also be requested remotelly using Softlayer API, which is not the goal for this recipe.

Create a Softlayer Object Storage

Assuming you have access to Softlayer to request an object storage, follow steps below.